Raphael Raptis

Research Areas

His research is focused on the study of metal center cooperation in polynuclear systems supported by pyrazole-derived ligands. Currently active projects include:

• Catalysis (small molecule activation), electronic structure, redox properties (electron transfer, mixed-valence), magnetic exchange
• Functional materials based on polynuclear, redox-active units: Multi-electron acceptors for solar energy conversion, redox-operated porous gas sorbents
• Bioinorganic and biomedical aspects of polynuclear complex chemistry: Metalloprotein models, MRI contrast agents, bio-inspired catalysts
• Lanthanide and actinide coordination chemistry
• X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, pyrazole coordination chemistry

Education

• BS in Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• MS in Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
• PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia